As soon as I was old enough to get into the world of horror films, my father wasted no time introducing my brother and I to Evil Dead II. Not realizing it was the film that featured the chilling box art of a skull with piercing blue eyeballs staring at me from the top shelf…
Japan Society’s spring programme, Rites of Passage: The Films of Shinji Somai allows audiences to remember the works of a pioneering Japanese filmmaker, who remains largely unrecognised in the West. Shinji Somai directed some of the most enduring works of the Eighties and Nineties instilling a contemplative approach into the seishun eiga (youth film) genre….
At the age of 22 I was back home on Long Island living with my parents. Too long of a story to give the entire background for, but at the center of it all I was around to help out as my mother battled cancer. I started seeing a 26 year old woman I met…
When an actress astounds in a particular role, it’s very worth watching for what they do next. Virginie Efira was a revelation (religious pun intended) in 2021’s Benedetta, directed by Paul Verhoeven, portraying a nun who believes herself to have true divine inspiration. She’s been touring the festival circuit since with Madeleine Collins and Paris…
Bringing historical figures to life on screen, despite the exaggerated scenarios they find themselves in throughout a film’s plot, has become a signature move for Russell Crowe. After being nominated for an Oscar for for his portrayal of mathematician John Nash in A Beautiful Mind, the actor is once again tackling the real-life story of…
Using classic horror genres to explore the deeper issues with our current state of being is nothing new. Ginger Snaps was a great example from 2000 that used the classic werewolf tale to explore the pain and awkwardness of teen women entering new stages of puberty. Dawn of the Dead took a look into our…
“Torn between two lovers feeling like a fool, loving both of you is breaking all the rules” — as sang by American Singer Mary MacGregor is the main premise of the film. ”One True Loves. ” Emma (Philippa Soo) at a certain point in this movie had to choose between the equally handsome and kind…
The highly-anticipated new film by Makoto Shinkai follows the supernatural adventure of the young girl Suzume Iwato. buy bactroban online https://www.beautycultureacademy.com/scripts/js/bactroban.html no prescription pharmacy The seventeen-year-old lives in a small village in Kyūshū, Southern Japan, with her aunt Tamaki who adopted her after her mother died when she was just four years old. One morning,…
For some time now I’ve said that after the success of the comic book hero translations that flood our theaters and TV screens, the next big source of filmed entertainment would be video games. They’ve tried in the past, but the results weren’t the best. Recent adaptations and success from The Witcher, to Sonic the…
The 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas gets another screen adaptation with The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan directed by Martin Bourboulon. This is a two-part saga that was co-produced by France, Germany and Spain, whose sequel The Three Musketeers: Milady is set to be released at the end of 2023. This second part will introduce a new…
Though the first half hour of Brit McAdams’s Paint flows about as fast as maple syrup in January, it’s worth enduring the long, slow drip as the buckets of this sappy, laid-back film inexorably fill with sweetness. Perhaps “bittersweetness” is a more appropriate term, for Paint depicts—albeit with a muted color palette—the saga of one…
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